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The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current director of the National Gallery is Gabriele Finaldi.
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Find out about the entire collection of National Gallery paintings and sculptures, including Dutch Masters, Renaissance and Impressionist paintings, from Rembrandt and Leonardo da Vinci to Van Gogh.
We are home to the national collection of paintings in the Western European tradition from the 13th to the 19th centuries. Our paintings are on show 361 days a year, free of charge.
When the Gallery was founded in 1824, the first 38 paintings came from the private art collection of the banker John Julius Angerstein. Our world-class collection of paintings has grown considerably over the last two centuries. Today, we have over 2,300 works, spanning the major traditions of Western European painting.
